Album Covers featuring Yawnsomely Literal Cover Art in regards to said album's title.

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Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:04 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://www.netmusicitalia.it/recensioni/img/williams.jpg

stevem (blueski), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

i may have confused this thread with the Album Covers featuring Twats actually

stevem (blueski), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

vahid (vahid), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

wait i take that back

vahid (vahid), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

on the left 'Keep on Pushing'

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000013BQ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

rw, Friday, 30 January 2004 00:17 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000001FCG.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg


You can't seem'em in a pic this small, but NRBQ themselves are sitting in the seats.

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:17 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000024MZ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

That Impressions record is the dorkiest album cover I've seen in a long long time.

Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

I think it's terrific!

jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

You can't seem'em in a pic this small, but NRBQ themselves are sitting in the seats.
This makes it not so literal, doesn't it? Since the record is of them performing, not attending?

The Springfield says something about American notions of "working class"!

no opinion, Friday, 30 January 2004 06:21 (twenty-one years ago) link

No, it's a studio record. The cover depicts them literally at Yankee Stadium. It's a joke, geddit?

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

Where approximately are they seated?

jim wentworth (wench), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

The Springfield says something about American notions of "working class"!

well, the dog could be a waiter...

jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:47 (twenty-one years ago) link

Upper decks somewhere, if I remember correctly. "Green Light" is on this record (easily their most enjoyable track).

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:47 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000025BI.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

may pang (maypang), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000001FU3.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

It's a joke, geddit?
I do now! Guess it worked...

no opinion, Friday, 30 January 2004 07:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

also rick springfield's australian

cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 30 January 2004 07:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://www.weezer.com/info/tunes/weezercover.jpg

DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Friday, 30 January 2004 09:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/MrHCIHF/RecCovrs/oof.gif

Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://www.rollingstones.cwc.net/81.jpg

mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

Err...but Mark, that album's called Sucking in the 70's. I don't see in sucking go on.

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

i see a lot of sucking going on with regard to that record

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc500/c578/c57845x1b6e.jpg
Believe it or not, the name of this album is "The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken"

BrianB (BrianB), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://www.lp-cd.de/1/14120_01.jpg

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

billy joel looks so cool in that! I wonder if he went to see The Dictators back in the day, or something... maybe The Hassle even opened for them!

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

on his foot there, do you think that's wear-and-tear on the album cover or is it salt-stains on his zippered ankle boots? salt stains on rock boots are awesome.

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:39 (twenty-one years ago) link

billy definitely could have hung out with these dudes:
http://thedictators.com/pix2000/prayos.jpg

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

Billy is looking so WILLIAMSBURG HIPSTER in that PIC...those jeans alone would probably go for $125 now days.


OTM re: Salt Stained Rock Boots, AWESOME!


very punk.

ddb, Friday, 30 January 2004 16:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

Do my eyes deceive me...or is that a LITTLE bit of SIDEPIPE there too?

who knew.

ddb, Friday, 30 January 2004 16:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

Billy looks cool, but his reflection is the campest way to have a chest-burster kill you ever.

Llahtuos Kcin (Nick Southall), Friday, 30 January 2004 16:33 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://www.unitedmanchester.com/music/photos/ThinLizzy-jailbreak.jpg

ddb, Friday, 30 January 2004 16:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

Good lord! That Foghat cover is absolutely brilliant.

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 16:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

also rick springfield's australian
Yeah but I bet the genius execs who came up with/approved the cover were not.

no opinion, Friday, 30 January 2004 18:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

There's probably 100 better examples of this one, but this was all I could find...
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf600/f684/f68455dz5c6.jpg

dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 30 January 2004 20:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre600/e632/e63202j6mny.jpg

dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 30 January 2004 20:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc300/c338/c33854qn9sy.jpg

Joseph McCombs, Friday, 30 January 2004 21:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

It depends, OleM, are you talking about this?:

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc000/c019/c0197023990.jpg

..or this?:

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre200/e249/e24927z3kre.jpg

donut bitch (donut), Friday, 30 January 2004 22:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Believe it or not, the name of this album is "The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken"
-- BrianB"

But the cover has a cock, not a chicken.
Ahhhhhh...

Stupid (Stupid), Friday, 30 January 2004 22:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

Hmm... I was thining of 'hen'...

*slaps forehead*

Stupid (Stupid), Friday, 30 January 2004 22:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://www.mindcrime.biz/holy.jpg

udu wudu (udu wudu), Friday, 30 January 2004 22:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

What's the title of the above?

no opinion, Friday, 30 January 2004 23:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/6ee07b0f35d722e5cf33ec08ac4600f5/5482090/the-herb-ellis-trio-herb-mix-Cover-Art.jpg

Surprised I never posted this, it was one of a handful of jazz LPs my parents owned when I was little and I used to stare at it a lot for some reason.

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 19 August 2024 18:02 (five months ago) link

Since he died recently I though I'd repost this one, a favourite yawnsomely literal album cover of mine.

https://i.discogs.com/dWmNHc3Fsb9I_IcjWH2sw5jbdaRb34sNDTJln-qMvOg/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:596/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTg2NTAy/NzItMTQ3MjE1ODc3/Mi0zMTUwLmpwZWc.jpeg

Defund Phil Collins (Tom D.), Monday, 19 August 2024 19:19 (five months ago) link

be careful with that axe John Henry

Theracane Gratifaction (bendy), Monday, 26 August 2024 19:57 (five months ago) link

Thought the Mayall one said “Looking Hack”

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 8 September 2024 00:30 (four months ago) link

i only just recently looked at the cover of Rush's Moving Pictures closely enough to realize how corny it is, might have actually damaged my opinion of the album

some dude, Sunday, 8 September 2024 00:57 (four months ago) link

two months pass...

https://www.bluenote.com/files/2019/03/JimmySmith_BackAtTheChickenShack-500x500.jpg

Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack

Kim Kimberly, Saturday, 16 November 2024 20:55 (two months ago) link

Compared to prime Blue Note graphic design, really illustrates the adage that black and white photographs people and color photographs clothes.

Theracane Gratifaction (bendy), Monday, 18 November 2024 16:25 (two months ago) link

jimmy smith wore arguably the same shirt for another cover

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Jimmy-Smith-Midnight-Special-album-cover-web-optimised-740.jpg

Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 18 November 2024 19:11 (two months ago) link

Same photo shoot probably (that looks like the same outfit exactly).

enochroot, Monday, 18 November 2024 20:37 (two months ago) link

pink floyd - "cow"

this train don't carry no wankers (doo rag), Monday, 18 November 2024 20:54 (two months ago) link

pink floyd - "man on fire shaking hands with man not on fire"

this train don't carry no wankers (doo rag), Monday, 18 November 2024 20:55 (two months ago) link

https://fantasyrecordings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ValerieJune_UnderCover_FINAL-small-1024x1024.jpg

Valerie June - Under Cover

To her credit, 'Pushin' Against a Stone' album cover resisted the yawnsome.

punning display, Sunday, 24 November 2024 15:07 (two months ago) link

excellent addition to the thread

Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 6 December 2024 18:28 (one month ago) link

one month passes...

Love that one.

Please play Lou Reed's irritating guitar sounds (Tom D.), Tuesday, 7 January 2025 16:56 (three weeks ago) link

fantastic posts today!

Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 7 January 2025 17:42 (three weeks ago) link

The Tex Williams and Cliffie Stones ones are A+.

ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 8 January 2025 18:31 (three weeks ago) link

took me a second to get "Bell(e)s Are Ringing"

everything in this thread is top tier since revive but "The Party's on Me" is A++++++

budo jeru, Thursday, 9 January 2025 20:58 (three weeks ago) link

I'm enjoying the image of the office gofer assigned to call around to local zoos and private menageries in search of a yak available no later than tomorrow morning for a photo shoot.

Doctor Casino, Friday, 10 January 2025 21:05 (three weeks ago) link

Chubby's Back is brilliant. Simple but effective!

Griff Sheridan, Saturday, 11 January 2025 12:25 (two weeks ago) link

Not uncommon though, I'm sure I've seen at least two other "So-and-so's Back" LP covers use the same idea.

Please play Lou Reed's irritating guitar sounds (Tom D.), Saturday, 11 January 2025 12:41 (two weeks ago) link

Big Jim Sullivan, of course,

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51qTtBtmKLL._AC_.jpg

Please play Lou Reed's irritating guitar sounds (Tom D.), Saturday, 11 January 2025 12:42 (two weeks ago) link

And let's not forget the Flannery O'Connor story "Parker's Back" - which, thinking about it, would have made a good Charlie Parker album cover.

it's been almost a decade and I am still enraged about this (Matt #2), Saturday, 11 January 2025 12:45 (two weeks ago) link

There must be some kind of album out there called A Hard Man is Good to Find.

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 11 January 2025 13:01 (two weeks ago) link

Or maybe just a lot of novelty gift mugs, greeting cards etc.

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 11 January 2025 13:02 (two weeks ago) link

(oops - that's more of a "Horrible 70s Album Titles" idea)

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 11 January 2025 13:58 (two weeks ago) link

Chris Norman, "Man With the Wooden Flute"

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/64AAAOSwmO5efnBK/s-l960.webp

Please play Lou Reed's irritating guitar sounds (Tom D.), Sunday, 12 January 2025 10:41 (two weeks ago) link

two weeks pass...

OK that one is phenomenal

Judge Judy, executioner (stevie), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 22:11 (three days ago) link

It's just struck me that the Big Jim's Back t-shirt has been painted onto his torso. Bonus points.

Griff Sheridan, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 23:48 (two days ago) link

also

Design, Photography By – Hipgnosis

visiting, Thursday, 30 January 2025 00:02 (yesterday) link


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